Hands vs PicCollage EDU Collage Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hands
Explore geometric shapes and their properties through interactive activities. Students can create designs, learn shape names, and develop an intuitive understanding of geometry concepts. Encourages free play and discovery for a fun learning experience.
- Interactive geometric shape exploration
- Learn shape names and properties
- Create designs and patterns
- Develop intuitive geometry understanding
- Free play for discovery
- Variety of learning activities
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Hands-On Math: Pattern Blocks is an interactive learning environment where students explore and discover geometric shapes and their properties. Students use the Pattern Blocks virtual manipulative to complete a variety of activities. The learning activities involve making designs and patterns, learning the names and properties of shapes, and a variety of other concepts related to beginning geometry. Encourage students to make designs with the blocks and to group and classify the blocks according to geometric properties. Have them click on the different buttons and see what they do. Free play will familiarize them with the operation of the app, and allow them to experience the fun of mathematical discovery. By using the blocks in the various activities, students will develop an intuitive understanding of some of the more abstract concepts of geometry. Encourage students to summarize the information and relationships that they discovery while using the app through oral discussion.
PicCollage EDU Collage Maker
This app provides a safe and user-friendly platform for creating photo collages, ideal for young children and educational settings. It offers a variety of design elements like backgrounds, stickers, and fonts, with options to save or print creations.
- Safe for all ages and classrooms
- Import photos from library
- Clip photos with finger outlining
- Doodle drawings on collages
- Hundreds of free stickers and backgrounds
- Variety of fun frames
- Square and portrait layouts
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From the creators of PicCollage, the hugely popular photo app with over 200 million downloads, PicCollage EDU is the SAFEST and most user-friendly collage app available. With no account required to use the app and no social sharing features, it's perfect for young children and for classroom use. PicCollage EDU also offers hundreds of free backgrounds, fun stickers, and fonts. Easily create amazing collages with PicCollage EDU and save them to your device or print them out! "PicCollage EDU is by far one of the easiest and safest apps I have run across for elementary learners. I love the option to turn off the image search in the settings and how social media sharing is not allowed. Everything is safe and secure!" Julie S., Elementary Instructional Technology Consultant Highlighted features: * Safe and fun for all ages and perfect for classrooms. * Import photos from your photo library. * Rotate, resize, and delete scraps with simple touch gestures. * Easily "clip" photos by outlining the area you want with your finger. * Doodle drawings on your collage with our new "Doodle" tool. * Access hundreds of stickers and backgrounds for FREE. * Choose from a variety of fun frames to create an instant collage. * Over 100 colorful backgrounds and fun stickers. * Square and portrait layouts. Privacy Policy: https://cardinalblue.com/privacy/piccollageedu Terms of Service: https://picc.co/tos/piccollageedu/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PicCollage EDU Collage Maker at 79% against Hands's 0%. PicCollage EDU Collage Maker also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (155 vs 1). Hands's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Hands costs $2.99 and PicCollage EDU Collage Maker $1.99 up front. PicCollage EDU Collage Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hands asks for nothing beyond the download.
PicCollage EDU Collage Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PicCollage EDU Collage Maker has 155 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Hands's written reviews are positive against 79% of PicCollage EDU Collage Maker's.
Hands ships an update every 18 months, PicCollage EDU Collage Maker every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hands | PicCollage EDU Collage Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (155 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 155 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ventura Educational Systems | Cardinal Blue |
Customer experience
Hands
PicCollage EDU Collage Maker
Bugs and requests
Hands
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PicCollage EDU Collage Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Collages and data being lost or reset
- Drawing/editing tools not working properly
- Web search functionality not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Add more backgrounds and stickers
- Improve web search functionality with better filters
- Restore camera access within the app
- Provide more customization options
In-app purchases
Hands
No in-app purchases
PicCollage EDU Collage Maker
- "Remove watermark" feature$1.99
Questions
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